Copy-holder



(No Model.) 7 5 G. E. SMITH 8a P. P. GARRISON.

COPY HOLDER.

No. 556,650. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N0. 556,650, dated March 17, 1896.

Application filed January 3, 1896 Serial No. 574,232. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Guoncn E. SMITH and FRANK P. GARRISON, of Westwood, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Copy-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in copy-holders such as are employed by type-writers and others for holding copy in position; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of a simple and in expensive construction, which shall be light and strong and adapted to be securely fastened to a table or desk in position for use and which shall be adjustable, so as to enable the copy to be held in any position desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations which will be f ully described hereinafter and finally embodied in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is aside view showin gourimproved copy-holder in position for use. Fig. 2 is a face view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the device, taken in the plane indicated by the line a a in Fig. 1. Fig. is a fragmentarysectional view taken vertically through the lower part of the standard of the device. Fig. 5 is a transverse fragmentary sectional view taken through the copy-holdin g frame in the plane indicated by the line b b in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but taken in the plane indicated by the line c c in Fig. 1.

In carrying out our invention we preferably provide aba-se 1 of suitable construction, which may be adapted to be secured rigidly to a desk or table by means of screws 2, as indicated in the drawings, or may be of suflicient weight to hold the copy-holding frame without being thus secured to a desk or table, and said base 1 is provided with a socket 3, formed in its upper part and adapted to receive the lower end of a standard or supporting-bar 4, clamped in said socket by means of a set-screw 5 and extending vertically, as shown in the drawings.

On the bar or standard 4: is mounted to slide a collar or runner 6, having a set-screw 7 for securing it in place, and said collar or runner is provided with an arm 8 extending from it and having its free end forked to receive the end of a swinging section 10, pivoted thereto, as indicated at 9, and having its outer end pivotally connected to a pivot-block 12, as shown at 11.

The pivot-block 12 is provided with lugs 13, projecting from its upper face, said lugs being spaced apart and adapted to receive between them a set-screw 15, extending between forks 1: projecting from the rear side of the copy-holding frame, whereby it will be seen that the said frame is held to swing pivotally on said pivot-block 12, and is capable of being clamped by means of a set'screw 15 when in position for use. The pivotpin 11, whereon the pivot-block swings, is arranged vertically, while the pivot-pin 15, whereon the copy-holding frame swings, is arranged horizontally.

The copy-holding frame is provided with parallel side bars 16, spaced apart to form between them a guideway 17, wherein slides the shank 18 of the support 19 for the upper portion of the copy, said support being, as shown in Fig. 2, of a general T form and being held in place in the guideway 17 bylugs 2O projecting from the front faces of the side bars 16 at the upper ends thereof and bearing against the front side of the shank 18, while at the rear side of the copyholding frame said side bars 16 are connected together at their upper portions by a transversely-extending solid web 2] wherein is carried a setscrew 22 having engagement with the rear face of the shank 1S and adapted when opera-ted to clamp the support 10 in position on the copy-holding frame. At the lower portion of the frame the same is provided with a cross-bar 23 projecting from its opposite sides and having arms 24 extending forwardly atright angles from its ends, between which arms extends a pivot-pin 2-5, whereon is mounted a clamping-bar made in a general U form and having its end portions 26 pivot-ally mounted on the pivot-pin 25, while its central portion 27 is bent forwardly, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to permit the upper ends of its side portions 26 to engage lugs 28 projecting from the side bars 10 at ICO their central portions. Springs 29 are em ployed to hold the clamping-bar pressed with its upper end against the lugs 28, said springs being coiled on the pivot-pin 25 and having their opposite ends connected to the ends 26 of the clamping-bar and to the arms 2% of the frame, respectively.

In operation it will be seen that the runner 6 may be adjusted vertically on the standard 4: so as to permit the copy to be held at any desired elevation, and the copy-holding frame may be swung horizontally on the pivot 9, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to bring it in any desired position, while said frame may be also swung upon the pivot 11 so as to vary the angle at which it stands relatively to the section 10. The angle to the vertical at which the copy is held may also be varied by means of the set-screw 15, and the support 19 for the upper part of the copy may be raised or lowered at will to accommodate difierent-sized sheets. Moreover, the spring-actuated clamping-bar of the copyholding frame is so constructed that the frame is adapted to hold books, said bar being arranged to bear on each side of the book when the same is open.

From the above description it will be seen that the device is of an extremely simple and inexpensive construction and is well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, and it will also be obvious that the device is susceptible of considerable modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the exact form of the device herein set forth.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a copy-holder, the combination with a standard, of a runner movable on the stand- .ly-extended lug, a slide movable between the bars and held by the web and lug, a set-screw carried by the web and engaging the slide, a transverse bar at the lower end of the copyholding frame, and a spring clamping-bar held by the transverse bar, substantially as described.

2. In a copy-holder, the combination with a support, of a copy-holding frame having two parallel side bars connected at their upper ends by a web and one of the side bars hav- I ing a lug, a slide movable between the side bars and confined by the web and lug, a setscrew carried by the web and engaging the slide, and a spring clamping-bar held at the lower portion of the frame, substantially as described.

3. In a copy-holder, the combination with a support, of a copy-holding frame having two parallel side bars connected at their upper portion by a web and one side bar having a lug, a slide movable between the side bars and held by the web and lug, a set-screw operatin g in the web and engaging the slide, the side bars each having an outwardly-proj ectin lug and the copy-holding frame having at its lower end, a transverse cross-bar, a pivot-pin carried by the crossbar, and a spring clampingbar pivoted on said pin and adapted to en gage the lugs of the parallel bars, substantially described.

GEORGE E. SMITH. FRANK P. GARRISON.

IVitnesses:

MARY P. GARRISON, EMORY M. GARRISON. 

